# Elementary vs Great Expectations

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Elementary

| Attribute | Elementary | Great Expectations |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 44.9 (42% (low)) | 38.6 (26% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A data management control plane that integrates observability, quality testing, governance policies, and discovery capabilities. Offers both cloud-hosted and self-hosted deployment options to help data teams ensure reliable, trustworthy data across pipelines and analytics. | A data quality platform that enables teams to define, test, and monitor data reliability across pipelines and systems. Combines automated validation with collaborative documentation to surface data issues and maintain organizational trust in data assets. |
| integrations.count | 12 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"dbt"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"HubSpot"},{"name":"PostHog"},{"name":"Common Room"},{"name":"Google"},{"name":"OKTA"},{"name":"Onelogin"},{"name":"Active Directory"}]` | `[{"name":"Pandas Profiling"},{"name":"Slack"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","EU","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Essentials","summary":"Free 30-day trial","features":["AI Agents","Automated Monitors","Anomaly Detection","Column Level Lineage","Performance Monitoring","Data Tests","BI Integrations","Incident Management","MCP Server","Data Health Scores","Catalog","Task & Incident Mgmt Integrations"],"description":"Free trial with access to core features","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"seats":"unlimited","tables":"unlimited","duration":"30 days","environments":"unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","summary":"Contact sales","features":["All Essentials features","AI Agents","Automated Monitors","Anomaly Detection","Column Level Lineage","Performance Monitoring","Data Tests","BI Integrations","Incident Management","MCP Server","Data Health Scores","Catalog","Task & Incident Mgmt Integrations"],"description":"Mid-tier plan with per-table pricing for additional capacity","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"tables":"1000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Contact sales","features":["All Scale features","SSO & RBAC","Advanced Deployment Options","Custom Enterprise Features","Dedicated Customer Success Engineer","Tailored Implementation and Training","External Catalog Integrations"],"description":"Enterprise plan with advanced deployment and management features","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"tables":"3000"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"AI Layer"}],"summary":"Subscription pricing by seats and environments. Free 30-day trial available. Enterprise pricing requires custom quote.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.elementary-data.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T23:33:14.912Z","freeTrialDays":30}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Developer","summary":"Free tier","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Team","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Free Developer tier; Team and Enterprise plans available","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.greatexpectations.io/pricing-landing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-20T08:21:17.227Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.transparent | no | no |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |

## Capabilities (Data Observability)

| Capability | Elementary | Great Expectations |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Freshness monitoring | - | - |
| Volume monitoring | - | - |
| Schema change detection | - | - |
| Data quality rules | - | - |
| ML anomaly detection | - | - |
| Lineage impact analysis | - | - |
| Root cause analysis | - | - |
| Incident management workflow | - | - |
| Dbt native | - | - |
| Streaming support | - | - |
| Deployment model | - | - |
| Open source | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:25:31.643Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*